Prophet rapes congregant (13)

A SELF-STYLED Chiweshe apostolic sect prophet lured a 13-year-old congregant into a bush and raped her while purporting to have been sent by the Holy Spirit.

Shemmy Kawanzaruwa was slapped with a 15-year-jail sentence last week when he appeared before Bindura regional magistrate Lungani Ncube on a rape charge.

Prosecutor Ngoni Kaseke told the court that on October 9 last year, Kawanzaruwa followed the complainant, who was on her way home from church, and lured her to a nearby bush.

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